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Most AI assistants are feminine – and it’s fuelling dangerous stereotypes and abuse

In 2024, artificial intelligence (AI) voice assistants worldwide surpassed 8 billion, more than one per person on the planet. These assistants are helpful, polite – and almost always default to female. Their names also carry…

Gifts of gym memberships and Botox treatments can lead to hurt feelings – and bad reviews for the businesses

How would you feel if someone gave you a gym membership as a holiday or Valentine’s Day gift? What about Botox? Laser hair removal? Services like those are part of the estimated US$48 billion self-improvement…

RBNZ head should have sought advice on Powell letter – ministers

Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) governor Anna Breman should have consulted the foreign ministry before signing a letter in support of US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, the country’s finance minister and prime minister…

Oil prices rise as winter storm disrupts U.S. supplies

Oil prices rise as winter storm disrupts U.S. supplies by : Investing.com Source link

Ending tax refunds by check will speed payments, but risks sidelining people who don’t have bank accounts

More than 6 million Americans receive paper tax refund checks annually. Often, those refunds go to purchase groceries or pay the bills. But this year, those taxpayers may be surprised to learn that the paper…

Red flowers have a ‘magic trait’ to attract birds and keep bees away

For flowering plants, reproduction is a question of the birds and the bees. Attracting the right pollinator can be a matter of survival – and new research shows how flowers do it is more intriguing…

Analysis-Venezuela oil reform encourages immediate investment, still needs to go deeper, executives say

Analysis-Venezuela oil reform encourages immediate investment, still needs to go deeper, executives say by : Reuters Source link

US hospitality and tourism professors don’t mirror the demographics of the industry they serve

White and male professors continue to dominate U.S. hospitality and tourism education programs, our new research has found, even as the industry is growing increasingly diverse. This imbalance raises questions about who shapes the future…

People: New governor in Malta

People: New governor in Malta – Central Banking Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content Plus: Bahamian governor reappointed and new vice-governor in Bosnia Alexander Demarco Alexander Demarco has been appointed as governor of…

Where do seashells come from?

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com. Where do seashells come from? – Ivy, age 5, Phoenix,…

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Most AI assistants are feminine – and it’s fuelling dangerous stereotypes and abuse

Gifts of gym memberships and Botox treatments can lead to hurt feelings – and bad reviews for the businesses

RBNZ head should have sought advice on Powell letter – ministers

Oil prices rise as winter storm disrupts U.S. supplies

Ending tax refunds by check will speed payments, but risks sidelining people who don’t have bank accounts

Red flowers have a ‘magic trait’ to attract birds and keep bees away

Analysis-Venezuela oil reform encourages immediate investment, still needs to go deeper, executives say

US hospitality and tourism professors don’t mirror the demographics of the industry they serve

People: New governor in Malta

Where do seashells come from?

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